| P number: | P553128 |
|---|---|
| Caption: | Gilmerton (No. 1) Limestone, basal 8 feet (worked). Day level 200 yards south-east of Whim Farm. Peebles. |
| Description: | A pale grey, massive limestone consisting of a base of calcite, 0.05 mm and smaller grain, in which are scattered abundantly fragments of shell and polyzoa and numerous crinoid columnals, foraminifera and spines. Pyrite-impregnated zones, sometimes superimposed on large bryozoan fragments suggest algal structures. Limestone, micrograined, clastizoic. SL0182. Britrocks S40470. Magnification x40. Light PPL. |
| Date taken: | Wed Jan 21 00:00:00 GMT 2004 |
| Photographer: | Sutherland, A. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Additional information: | Description from: Limestones of Scotland: chemical analyses and petrography. Edinburgh : HMSO, 1956. |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 361.29 KB; 1000 x 750 pixels; 85 x 64 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 198 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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